X==Y doesn't magically make oil unviable. It just means extracting and refining oil are better seen economically as energy conversions. The amount of energy that goes into ANY electric power plant is greater than the amount of power it produces. That doesn't change that electric power is more useful and portable than coal.
If anything, as X approaches Y, alternatives to oil will become increasingly attractive.
There are three big differences with HIV, though. Only tiny numbers of people are capable of fighting HIV effectively, HIV takes a long time to progress to AIDS, and HIV isn't easy to transmit. That means, first, that losing immunity isn't a big loss, as few people have it, second, that the initial infection, if curable, isn't a big problem, and, third, that having a few people out there with HIV isn't going to destroy progress as much as a few people with smallpox.
In closing, when you define your entire life by what you like to fuck, even to the point of bringing your fucking drama into an ONLINE GAME, it really ought to not be a shock why people look down upon you.
So, by the same logic, you must be saying straight people bring their "drama" into everything from dating games on TV to online games, too. You're amazingly blind to how pervasive heterosexism is in your culture if you think gay marriage in an online game is "shoving" an ideology down your throat but that straight marriage in the same environment is a given.
Your argument is flawed because it also applies to governments. Your argument results in incalculable regress because almost everything that anyone currently owns was taken by force at some time. All we can do is try to prevent further occurances of it. If anything, governments are ESPECIALLY guilty of taking things by force.
I'll also preempt the objection that the government is more controlled by the people. Majority want doesn't alone give the right to take from anyone, just as ten people calling for my death versus five for my life doesn't remove my right to life. Even a perfect democracy shouldn't have unlimited eminent domain powers.
So, I don't think the government has more claim to the property than the company that currently owns it.
What's the surprise? It's not marketed as a "hack this for fun" box. It's a box marketed to play games licensed for the XBox 360. There's no deception, and spending your money on something designed to foil you is silly indeed.
The mercury theory has been debunked over and over again. Well-controlled studies have found little to no link. One controlled study in Scandinavia found an inverse correlation.
When will people (mostly crazed parents) give up on these witch hunts?
So what if the license is still valid? The person still can't use it for that purpose if it's illegal.
The visa example is a valid comparison, but do we really want isolated illegal acts to invalidate that person or organization's entire use of anything GPL? How far would it extend? Who really agrees to the GPL? If it's the organization, do we want to shut down Linux use at Microsoft and Apple? They do, after all, do some software development for DRM applications on GPL'd software.
I don't support a viral clause for "illegal" use, especially when we aren't in the position of defining what's illegal.
Adding DRM and spyware limitations means we cross into judging the user intent. Furthermore, denying things that are already defined "illegal" in the license is redundant. If it's illegal, it's illegal. There's no need to put it in the license to prevent people from doing it.
I'm also against the DRM restrictions because I know the purpose of DRM extends well beyond music and videos. Corporations (and even some individuals) need strict control of their private data. I'm concerned that restricting DRM implmentations means entering grey area with respect to controlling data on corporate and shared computers.
Finally, restricting DRM in the GPL is as pointless as restricting "illegal" things. No media company would implement their DRM under the GPL anyway. If a DRM implementation were GPL'd, someone could modify it so the decrypted data flows elsewhere. The GPL just doesn't offer a means to control information flow in software against the user's wishes.
P.S. What's so "extreme" about a consistent view on civil liberties?
I think it would require an entirely new list widget. It wouldn't be TOO hard to make a drop-in list replacement that adds multi-line items via a setting, but have it default to single lines. Then there'd be the issue of updating the Thunderbird code to use the new functionality.
Yeah, but it sucks because Thunderbird doesn't support the part that makes it workable: multiline listings for the messages. You can't comfortably fit message data in a small column without a creative layout.
Thunderbird 1.5 has the potential to be in Backports eventually. Firefox will never be an official backport for Ubuntu 5.10. If you really want Firefox 1.5 in Ubuntu 5.10, there's an article on the Ubuntu wiki describing several ways to install it without hurting programs that depend on Firefox 1.0.x. I'm not aware of a.deb package for Ubuntu 5.10 to properly install Firefox 1.5 alongside the existing Firefox 1.0.x.
You could also pick up Dapper early, which is what I've done, but I also have a 5G iPod and other hardware devices that don't work well with Ubuntu 5.10.
I know many users are supporting further propagation for nofollow links, but I'd like to see the attribute removed from high-ranked, on-topic comments. If a post gets +4 Insightful, Interesting, etc, I think it deserves to have its links spidered. Moderators are generally pretty good about modding down link whores.
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Those prices have to be wrong, as even the greenest energy sources produce at less than $0.50/KW HOUR. Billing by Watt doesn't make sense, anyway.
If anything, as X approaches Y, alternatives to oil will become increasingly attractive.
...but that's not silly at all. Many manufacturing firms do just that.
There are three big differences with HIV, though. Only tiny numbers of people are capable of fighting HIV effectively, HIV takes a long time to progress to AIDS, and HIV isn't easy to transmit. That means, first, that losing immunity isn't a big loss, as few people have it, second, that the initial infection, if curable, isn't a big problem, and, third, that having a few people out there with HIV isn't going to destroy progress as much as a few people with smallpox.
So, by the same logic, you must be saying straight people bring their "drama" into everything from dating games on TV to online games, too. You're amazingly blind to how pervasive heterosexism is in your culture if you think gay marriage in an online game is "shoving" an ideology down your throat but that straight marriage in the same environment is a given.
...like subject/verb agreement?
ERROR: Cannot reconcile.
I'll also preempt the objection that the government is more controlled by the people. Majority want doesn't alone give the right to take from anyone, just as ten people calling for my death versus five for my life doesn't remove my right to life. Even a perfect democracy shouldn't have unlimited eminent domain powers.
So, I don't think the government has more claim to the property than the company that currently owns it.
What's the surprise? It's not marketed as a "hack this for fun" box. It's a box marketed to play games licensed for the XBox 360. There's no deception, and spending your money on something designed to foil you is silly indeed.
When will people (mostly crazed parents) give up on these witch hunts?
Then the DRM would be in the firmware, not in the GPL'd software. Result: GPL banning DRM still has no effect.
The current draft would have "illegal" be a changing definition from country to country, which is yet another reason it's bad to have.
So what if the license is still valid? The person still can't use it for that purpose if it's illegal. The visa example is a valid comparison, but do we really want isolated illegal acts to invalidate that person or organization's entire use of anything GPL? How far would it extend? Who really agrees to the GPL? If it's the organization, do we want to shut down Linux use at Microsoft and Apple? They do, after all, do some software development for DRM applications on GPL'd software. I don't support a viral clause for "illegal" use, especially when we aren't in the position of defining what's illegal.
I think you need to read the article. The two guys labeled "extreme" here are siding with business' freedom to use GPL'd software as they wish.
I'm also against the DRM restrictions because I know the purpose of DRM extends well beyond music and videos. Corporations (and even some individuals) need strict control of their private data. I'm concerned that restricting DRM implmentations means entering grey area with respect to controlling data on corporate and shared computers.
Finally, restricting DRM in the GPL is as pointless as restricting "illegal" things. No media company would implement their DRM under the GPL anyway. If a DRM implementation were GPL'd, someone could modify it so the decrypted data flows elsewhere. The GPL just doesn't offer a means to control information flow in software against the user's wishes.
P.S. What's so "extreme" about a consistent view on civil liberties?
Jobs announced this in his keynote.
I think it would require an entirely new list widget. It wouldn't be TOO hard to make a drop-in list replacement that adds multi-line items via a setting, but have it default to single lines. Then there'd be the issue of updating the Thunderbird code to use the new functionality.
Yeah, but it sucks because Thunderbird doesn't support the part that makes it workable: multiline listings for the messages. You can't comfortably fit message data in a small column without a creative layout.
You could also pick up Dapper early, which is what I've done, but I also have a 5G iPod and other hardware devices that don't work well with Ubuntu 5.10.
I call bullshit. No power steering or brakes?
I know many users are supporting further propagation for nofollow links, but I'd like to see the attribute removed from high-ranked, on-topic comments. If a post gets +4 Insightful, Interesting, etc, I think it deserves to have its links spidered. Moderators are generally pretty good about modding down link whores.
You're right, but Sony will continue to use MPEG2 on their Blu-Ray discs because they own a larger stake in MPEG2 than h.264.
...and I suspect that this study over-estimates the accuracy of Britannica for computer science and popular culture topics.
Advanced modes are bad. Read up on UI design.
...four to five years, and only if you buy the full (non-upgrade) version.
Just thought I'd finish your comment.